Assistant Manager - Burger King

Curtis Hospitality Group; Spartanburg (SC); On-site; USD 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay available.

Meal discounts

Performance-based incentives

Paid time off and health/retirement

Recognition and advancement

Job summary

Burger King | Curtis Hospitality Group in Spartanburg, SC is seeking an Assistant Manager to lead daily operations in partnership with the Restaurant General Manager. You’ll drive sales, guest satisfaction, and profitability while ensuring operational excellence and team performance.

As a key successor when the RGM isn’t present, you’ll oversee shifts, coach staff, monitor food safety and brand standards, and collaborate with vendors to keep the restaurant running smoothly.

Qualifications

• At least 18 years old.
• 2–4 years of restaurant leadership experience.
• Experience with restaurant P&L, labor, food cost, or other financial metrics.
• Experience hiring, training, and developing employees.
• Flexibility to work a varied restaurant schedule.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily restaurant operations and provide hands‑on leadership across shifts.
• Drive guest satisfaction through speed, accuracy, friendliness, food quality, and cleanliness.
• Support sales growth and restaurant profitability by monitoring key operating metrics.
• Help manage labor, staffing, scheduling, food cost, waste, inventory, and other controllable expenses.
• Hire, train, coach, recognize, and develop team members and shift leaders.
• Maintain food safety, workplace safety, Burger King standards, and operational compliance.
• Review shift and restaurant performance and take action when results are off track.
• Address guest concerns and team issues professionally and promptly.
• Partner with the RGM on staffing, retention, training, and restaurant improvement priorities.
• Maintain strong communication with team members, leadership, vendors, and other partners.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem-solving

Coaching

Flexibility

Guest service

Operational excellence

Team development

Job description

Assistant Managers help lead the restaurant in partnership with the Restaurant General Manager. You will help drive sales, profitability, guest satisfaction, operational excellence, and team performance while taking ownership of the restaurant when the RGM is not present.

Assistant Manager

Burger King | Curtis Hospitality Group

The Opportunity

Assistant Managers help lead the restaurant in partnership with the Restaurant General Manager. You will help drive sales, profitability, guest satisfaction, operational excellence, and team performance while taking ownership of the restaurant when the RGM is not present.

What You'll Do

• Oversee daily restaurant operations and provide hands‑on leadership across shifts.
• Drive guest satisfaction through speed, accuracy, friendliness, food quality, and cleanliness.
• Support sales growth and restaurant profitability by monitoring key operating metrics.
• Help manage labor, staffing, scheduling, food cost, waste, inventory, and other controllable expenses.
• Hire, train, coach, recognize, and develop team members and shift leaders.
• Maintain food safety, workplace safety, Burger King standards, and operational compliance.
• Review shift and restaurant performance and take action when results are off track.
• Address guest concerns and team issues professionally and promptly.
• Partner with the RGM on staffing, retention, training, and restaurant improvement priorities.
• Maintain strong communication with team members, leadership, vendors, and other partners.

What Success Looks Like

• The restaurant consistently delivers strong guest service and operational execution.
• Labor and controllable costs are actively managed.
• Team members are trained, coached, and held accountable to clear expectations.
• The restaurant meets food safety, cleanliness, and brand standards.
• The RGM can rely on you to lead the business and make sound decisions in their absence.

What We're Looking For

Required

• At least 18 years old.
• Strong leadership, communication, and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to work a flexible restaurant schedule.
• Ability to coach and hold others accountable.
• Commitment to guest service, operational excellence, and team development.

Preferred

• 2–4 years of restaurant leadership experience.
• Experience with restaurant P&L, labor, food cost, or other financial metrics.
• Experience hiring, training, and developing employees.

Why Curtis Hospitality Group

• Weekly pay available.
• Leadership development.
• Meal discounts, where applicable.
• Performance-based incentives, where applicable.
• Paid time off and health/retirement benefits, based on eligibility.
• Recognition and advancement opportunities.

Career Growth

High-performing Assistant Managers can advance to Restaurant General Manager and, over time, broader field leadership roles.